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TRU breaks ground on new Low-Carbon District Energy System
Thompson Rivers University has broken ground on a new Low-Carbon District Energy System (LCDES) at its Kamloops campus. It says the project, which is a collaboration between TRU, Creative Energy, and ...
Aug 29, 2024 (Left to Right) TRU Board Chair Hee-Young Chung, Chancellor DeDe DeRose, Creative Energy Senior Vice-President of Development Diego Mandelbaum, and TRU President Brett Fairbairn at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Low-Carbon District Energy System. (Photo via TRU)
B.C. revamps building code to allow single stairwells in buildings up to six storeys
British Columbia is moving to allow buildings up to six storeys to have one exit stairwell instead of two in the government's latest effort to boost housing supply. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says i...
Aug 29, 2024 BC Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon speaks during an announcement in Burnaby on May 27, 2024. (Photo via Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Kamloops council voices support for planned transit system changes
The wheels of the bus are turning as Kamloops City Council has given tentative approval to an ambitious plan to expand transit service starting next year. They've only committed to pay for the first y...
Aug 29, 2024 Bus in Kamloops/via Abby Zieverink
Snowbirds memorial to Capt. Jenn Casey near Kamloops Airport officially dedicated
Kamloopsians and other dignitaries gathered at Fulton Field Park this morning as a monument to Snowbirds Capt. Jennifer Casey was dedicated. "Certainly a poignant day remembering Capt. Jennifer Casey ...
Aug 29, 2024 Friends and family members of Capt. Jennifer Casey at the May She Soar Memorial at Fulton Field Park. (Photo via Brett Mineer)
New earthquake early-warning system launches in B.C.
An earthquake early detection system has been activated in British Columbia to provide the public and infrastructure managers with up to 10 seconds of warning ahead of a potentially harmful tremor. Fe...
Aug 29, 2024 When an earthquake occurs, its (generally weak but fast) P-wave travels rapidly from the epicentre, triggering the EEW system which then alerts people and systems before the (slow but strong) S-wave arrives. (Photo: Government of Canada)
Taskforce ready for 'emergency enhancement' of salmon stocks after B.C. landslide
A salmon task force that is examining the impact of the massive Chilcotin River landslide in British Columbia says it's prepared for the "emergency enhancement" of fish stocks after the disaster. A st...
Aug 29, 2024 Debris is seen flowing down the Chilcotin River and into the Fraser River following a landslide near Williams Lake, in a Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, handout photo. (Photo via Tsilhqot'in National Government, via The Canadian Press)
B.C. Auditor General finds no conflict in handling of zero-emission grants
British Columbia's auditor general found no evidence of a conflict of interest in the handling of provincial grants for the zero-emission vehicle sector, after an accusation by a truck maker earlier t...
Aug 28, 2024 B.C. Auditor General, Michael Pickup. (Photo via Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
Kamloops to hold dedication ceremony at memorial to Snowbirds Capt. Jenn Casey
The City of Kamloops will be hosting a dedication ceremony Thursday morning at the site of the permanent memorial to Snowbirds captain Jennifer Casey. The memorial - a full-sized replica of a Snowbird...
Aug 28, 2024 The May She Soar Memorial near Kamloops Airport.
'Seismic shift' as Kevin Falcon ends BC United election campaign to back BC Conservatives
UPDATE 3:30 p.m. - British Columbia Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon announced Wednesday that he was suspending BC United's election campaign and encouraging supporters to instead back the rival B.C. Co...
Aug 28, 2024 BC United Leader Kevin Falcon at a press conference in Victoria on Feb. 22, 2024. (Photo via Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press)
TNRD lifts final evacuation orders connected to Shetland Creek wildfire
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has downgraded the final evacuation order connected to the Shetland Creek wildfire. This order covered 12 properties in the Venables Valley area, which have all b...
Aug 28, 2024 Burned out area of the Venables Valley due to the Shetland Creek wildfire/via Tricia Thorpe
